Take part in this program to examine pricing methods and approaches. Actuaries in other practice areas may attend to gain insight into health actuarial work, whether out of professional interest or out of a desire to transition into health care work. This program will be a technically advanced program focused specifically on pricing. There will be two tracks for attendees to choose from: Medicare Pricing and Commercial Group and Individual Pricing.

Taking place at the Crowne Plaza Century Park Shanghai, this symposium focuses on key issues facing actuaries in the Asia region. We've lined up exceptional speakers and put together informative sessions which will help you grow your knowledge and expertise. You'll leave with valuable insight into topics impacting actuaries and the actuarial profession in Asia. Don't miss this chance to earn CPD credit, including professionalism credits.

This event will move actuaries away from looking only at cost/utilization and investigate the underlying clinical causes of those cost and utilization patterns by investigating the medical and pharmaceutical science behind many of the most impactful chronic conditions in the health care system. Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and adult immunizations will be among the topics discussed, as well as cost effectiveness and orthopedic issues.

This conference, sponsored by the Society of Actuaries and Annuity Systems Inc., is an event designed to give risk-management, product development and valuation professionals an understanding and appreciation of how better to quantify, monitor and manage the risks underlying the variable annuity and equity-indexed annuity products. Register by Oct. 22 and save $200.

Experts will provide an overview of a recent study to evaluate the ability of a validated and widely used cognitive screening test, the Minnesota Cognitive Acuity Screen (MCAS), to identify applicants with cognitive impairment and its attending elevated mortality risk, while providing positive protective value in the risk selection and underwriting process for those applicants applying for high-face life insurance policies. Webcast participants will gain key insight into the potential this tool offers for improved risk selection in life insurance.

Credit: 1.80

Industry leaders will explain the concept and construction of market-consistent embedded value (MCEV), and explore the methodology by which the practitioner might calculate MCEV in the pricing process. Discussions will focus on its usefulness as a profit/risk measure relative to other real-world profit/risk measures commonly used by insurance companies, its attendant risks, and key implementation issues that may arise in its application.

In this Health Section-sponsored webcast, Greg Kotzbauer, project manager for Health Policy and ACO Demonstrations at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, will discuss recent ACO findings and tools emanating from the collaborative efforts of Brookings Dartmouth's workgroups. This includes the High-Risk & Vulnerable Population and Payment Models workgroups.

This webcast presents a unique approach to segmenting the middle market and discusses potential implications for increasing life insurance sales to young families between the ages of 25 and 40 with household income of $35K-125K and have life insurance or financial dependents. Market confidence, financial knowledge and insurance histories are covered. Register today.